Repost: Just rewatched this amazing film recently, and what once felt like a warning from the near future now feels ripped from the headlines… Today, most people know director Alfonso Cuarón as the first Latino[…]
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Category: Values
This is my Church
This is a wonderful profile that was recently filmed about the ministries of what has been my church home for well over a decade, the United Methodist Church for All People in Columbus Ohio. Started[…]
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ECOT and the Columbus City teacher layoffs
Below is my letter to the editor, published recently in the Columbus Dispatch. Let me connect the dots for Dispatch readers. Columbus City Schools are laying off teachers. The layoffs are from a budget shortfall.[…]
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Stevie Wonder: Philosophical Music
It occurred to me recently that in my survey of philosophical music I had too long overlooked perhaps the premiere philosopher of transcendent pop music, Mr. Stevland Wonder (an artist I had the exquisite pleasure[…]
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Allegiance
Allegiance is returning to theaters for a one day only engagement, on the anniversary of Pearl Harbor! See it if you can! You may not have heard of the recent Broadway musical Allegiance. You might[…]
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Caroline, or Change
When I went to see what turned out to be an extraordinary production of the Broadway musical Caroline, or Change (playwright Tony Kushner, composer Jeanine Tesori) I wasn’t sure what to expect. I remembered reading[…]
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Jordan Edwards: This Life Mattered
The story, in general outline, has been so oft repeated it’s easy to dismiss or overlook: Unarmed black teenager shot and killed by police officer. The facts and images in this particular case make it[…]
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2018: Moral / Victory
The utility of having an American presidential administration that unites a astonishingly wide spectrum of vices –on a scale ranging from high crimes to misdemeanors, and in genres including xenophobia, crudeness, venality and basic incompetence[…]
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When They Go Low…
Even though there are clearly dark days for America ahead, I’m encouraged that there are people standing up for peace, unity, non-violence and a cultured and civil society. I’ll be collecting examples here, and on[…]
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Strategies VII – Knowing the Stakes (is it all just PC hysteria?)
Complete Trump Strategy Guide This election, the far left finds itself in the position of the boy who cried wolf. After having directed protests against people as liberal as Bernie Sanders, it finds itself curiously[…]
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